watergate

Watergate is a general term for a series of political scanals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that began with five men being arrested after breaking and entering into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972. The scandal reached to the top levels of American government, and the attempted cover-up of the break-in ultimately led to Nixon's dramatic resignation on August 9, 1974.

Trivia about watergate

H.R. Haldeman served 18 months in federal prison as a result of his part in this scandal

Before marrying Bill, Hillary worked with the congrssional team that investigated this '70s scandal

In "All The President's Men", Woodward & Bernstein relate how they investigated this scandal

Luigi Moretti designed buildings for Mussolini & this Washington, D.C. complex that led to Nixon's fall

Name of the hotel & office complex where the Watergate break-in occurred

Ron Ziegler called this break-in "a third-rate burglary attempt"

In 1973, at age 30, Fred was minority counsel to the Senate committee investigating this scandal

June 17, 1972:There's the throw... & James McCord, Jr. & 4 others are caught stealing at this complex

Bob Dole is among the famous residents of this apartment complex

The 93rd Congress created the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities to investigate this

In 1972 this scandal named for a Washington, D.C. hotel was in the news